ACS Global Airline Closure and Flight Cancelation Updates

The latest airline closure and flight cancelation updates

Last Updated: 31/03/2020 at 9:01 GMT

Aegean Airlines – Greece

Aegean Airlines has cut 90 percent of its flying schedule, with all international flights suspended from March 26 until April 30. For now, a limited number of weekly flights will operate between Athens and Brussels, and all domestic destinations.

Aer Lingus – Ireland

The Irish flag carrier will continue to operate a reduced schedule to a number of European and North American destinations, namely from Dublin to New York (JFK), Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Toronto. The airline has encouraged Irish citizens who intend to return to Ireland in the coming weeks, to plan their return trip as soon as possible.

Aeroflot – Russia

The Russian airline is expected to suspend regular flights from Moscow to Bulgaria, Croatia, and Greece starting in late March. All passenger flights to the Bulgarian capital of Sofia will be canceled between March 27 and April 17. Flights to Croatia's capital Zagreb are suspended from March 24 until April 19, and Aeroflot will not operate between Moscow and Athens from March 24 to April 18, Chisinau Romania from March 16 to March 31, Thessaloniki Greece from March 16 to April 23, Ljubljana Slovenia between March 18 and April 23, Tivat Montenegro from March 18 to April 23, and Belgrade Serbia between March 21 and April 23.

Aerolíneas Argentinas – Argentina

On March 19, Argentina introduced a nationwide quarantine from March 19 until March 31. President Alberto Fernandez warned that he may extend the lockdown past March 31 if necessary. Latest news in - the Argentine government has announced an extension of the lockdown until mid April. The country’s borders are closed to all travelers except Argentine citizens and resident foreign nationals, and most international flights are canceled until further notice.

Aero México – Mexico

Aero México has canceled the route to Panama and suspended flights to Barcelona from April 20 to May 31. Daily domestic flights from Mexico City to Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Cancun will be reduced from 46 to 27. Operations are suspended to Morelia and from Monterrey to San Luis Potosí, Chihuahua, Hermosillo, and Puebla.

As the airline continues to respond to COVID-19 advisories and travel bans, they urge travelers to visit the Aero México website for detailed flight information.

Air Canada – Canada

The Canadian national flag carrier has worked to bring its citizens home safely during the coronavirus crisis, with flights to the US, Caribbean, and other international destinations. A reduced schedule of domestic and international flights will continue to operate through April. As the situation evolves on an almost daily basis, Air Canada operating routes will continue to change its flight arrangements in response. Check their website for any flights that may be canceled.

Air China Group – China

After a two-month lockdown, Air China has resumed a daily scheduled flight from Beijing to London Heathrow as well as Seoul, Osaka, and Dubai. Following a spike in coronavirus cases arriving from abroad, international passengers to Beijing are being redirected to 12 designated entry points throughout until further notice. Beijing-bound passengers will now arrive at Shanghai Pudong, Nanjing, Tianjin, Dalian, Qingdao, Xi'an, Shenyang, Zhengzhou, Taiyuan, Hohhot, and Shijiazhuang airports. Once travelers have cleared immigration, those who meet the quarantine conditions will be allowed to board flights to the Chinese capital. You can get details of individual flights that have been suspended, canceled or resumed, on the Air China website.

Air France-KLM – France and Netherlands

The national carrier continues to collaborate with French and international authorities to adapt its flight schedule to the evolving situation and new travel restrictions. The airline continues to operate several considerably reduced international services to help French and European nationals return home.

Air India – India

All international flights to and from India are suspended as the country goes into lockdown from March 25 until April 14. In recent weeks, the national carrier has operated a number of special flights to evacuate Indian nationals stranded in places like China and Italy, which have been heavily hit by the virus.

Air New Zealand – New Zealand

Air New Zealand is operating just 40 percent of its flights. Most routes are domestic with some flights continuing to South Pacific islands.

Alaska Air

Alaska Air is still running 85 percent of its flights through May, although all are domestic US flights.

Alitalia – Italy

With both an international and internal travel ban in place, the airline is closed for commercial passenger travel until further notice.

American Airlines – United States

In recent weeks, the US government has issued a number of travel advisories, including a 30-day ban on travelers from 26 European countries along with the UK and Ireland, and since March 17, the US-Canada border has been closed to all non-essential travel. American Airlines has halved its flight schedule, most of which involves domestic travel.

ANA All Nippon Airways – Japan

The Japanese airline has made significant changes to its routes to East Asia, South-East Asia, South Asia/Oceania, North America, South America, Hawaii, and Europe. You can visit the All Nippon Airways website for more detailed information on suspended Japanese domestic and international flights.

Austrian Airlines

Austrian Airlines announced a temporary suspension of flights from March 18 until April 19. Bans remain in place on all arrivals from Italy, China's Hubei Province, Iran, and South Korea unless travelers can produce a medical certificate no more than four days old that confirms they are coronavirus negative. On March 27, it was announced that no further prevention measures were planned.

The airline was the first in the Lufthansa Group to suspend operations as a result of the COVID-19 virus.

British Airways – United Kingdom

British Airways will operate essential flights only within the UK during the national lockdown imposed across Britain from March 23 until April 13.

Cathay Pacific Airways – Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific has a scaled-down program of three flights per week to 12 destinations: London (Heathrow), Los Angeles, Vancouver, Tokyo (Narita), Taipei, New Delhi, Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, and Sydney.

Delta Airlines – United States

Delta Airlines will operate just 30 percent of its flights through April.

EgyptAir – Egypt

For now, EgyptAir has suspended all flights.

El Al – Israel

El Al is flying at less than a quarter of its capacity, with flights running to Paris, London, Toronto, and New York.

Emirates – United Arab Emirates

Emirates has suspended all operations until further notice.

EVA Air – Taiwan

The airline has canceled all flights through Taiwan from March 24 until April 7.

Fiji Airways – Fiji

Fiji Airways has canceled 90 percent of its services until May 31, with flights traveling to Singapore only.

Finnair

The Finland airline has canceled most of its routes until a June review of the COVID-19 situation.

Hawaiian Airlines – Hawaii

The airline is still running more than half of its flights on domestic and some Asian routes only.

Korean Air – South Korea

Korean Air suspended all international flights, with some domestic services still in operation through March. For details of scheduled routes through April, please visit Korean Air’s website.

Kuwait Airways – Kuwait

All Kuwait Airways flights are suspended.

Lufthansa – Germany

The Lufthansa Group will confine operations to repatriation flights until further notice. Their schedule of return flight extends until April 19 with around 700 of the Lufthansa Group's 763 aircraft temporarily parked.

Malaysia Airlines – Malaysia

The Malaysian national carrier has cut their flight schedule by half for all regional and domestic flights.

Pakistan International Airlines – Pakistan

The national carrier has suspended all international flights for two weeks starting March 21 and expects to resume its usual routes in a phased approach from April 4 as new COVID-19 patients are contained within the country and points of destination.

Philippines Airlines – Philippines

Philippine Airlines stopped all international flights on March 20. The flag carrier has also canceled all domestic flights after the government imposed a month-long quarantine in Manila and nearby provinces. Flights are set to resume on April 13.

Qantas Airways – Australia

Qantas has canceled 80 percent of its flights. Only domestic flights remain in operation while all international flights are suspended.

Qatar Airways – Qatar

Qatar Airways continues to operate more than 150 flights a day to over 70 cities around the world, including reinstating previously suspended flights to France and Germany.

Royal Jordanian – Jordan

The Jordanian flag carrier suspended all of its flights from Amman on March 17. It was the first Middle Eastern airline to cancel flights as a result of the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Suspension of flights will remain in place until the end of March with a possible extension depending on the number of new cases in the region as well as demand for air travel.

Ryanair – Ireland

Ryanair is operating essential connectivity services only between the UK and Ireland.

Samoa Airways – Samoa

All operations were suspended on March 26 until further notice.

Saudia – Saudi Arabia

All passenger flights, including transit flights, were suspended on March 26 until further notice, but evacuation flights and cargo services will continue.

Scandinavian Airlines – Norway and Denmark

SAS Scandinavian Airlines that represents Denmark, Sweden, and Norway announced a suspension of operations due mainly to a lack of demand during the coronavirus crisis. A date for resumption of services is still unknown.

Singapore Airlines – Singapore

Singapore Airlines halted all international flights on March 23. This includes entry and transit air services through Singapore. All passengers landing in Singapore on repatriation flights will be required to enter quarantine for 14 days.

South African Airways – South Africa

South African Airways has suspended international flights until May 31 in response to government travel restrictions. As the country went into lockdown from midnight on March 26 until April 16, all commercial passenger travel has been canceled.

Southwest Airlines – United States

Southwest Airlines are operating at just 20 percent of their capacity with almost-empty planes taking to the air amid coronavirus fears. According to CEO Gary Kelly, the airline will cut another 500 flights a day from their schedules through April 14. This will bring the total number of daily flights reduced since March 20 to 1,500. With all its flights operating in North America, it’s been the last major airline to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

TAP Portugal

The Portuguese carrier has canceled most of its operations until a May review of the situation. A handful of routes still operate in Europe.

Thai Airways – Thailand

Thai Airways has halted several international routes since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak – to Sendai, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Busan, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Rome, Milan, Vienna, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Muscat, Dubai, and Auckland. From March 25, the national carrier will suspend services to Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Seoul, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, Yangon, Singapore, Jakarta, Denpasar, Kunming, Xiamen, Chengdu, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Karachi, Kathmandu, Lahore, Dhaka, Islamabad, and Colombo.

As of March 27, passenger flights will be suspended to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth; and from April 1, the airline will cancel most of its flights to Europe, including London, Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen, Oslo, Moscow, and Stockholm.

The airline's subsidiary, THAI Smile, will take over domestic routes to Chiang Mai, Phuket, and the Krabi provinces for the time being.

Turkish Airlines – Turkey

Turkish Airlines will interrupt all international flights from March 27 until April 17. Exceptions are New York, Washington, Hong Kong, Moscow, and Addis Ababa. Internal air travel will continue with less frequency, although cargo flights will carry on as normal.

United Airlines – United States

United Airlines has dramatically reduced its operations, leaving just 15 international routes still open. Around 60 percent of its domestic operations are still taking to the air.

Virgin Atlantic – United Kingdom

Virgin Atlantic will ground 85 percent of its aircraft through March. The UK's second-largest long-haul carrier had recently taken delivery of a new aircraft as part of an expansion plan aimed at making the airline more competitive. Now, like airlines around the world, the carrier faces an uncertain future when the aviation industry redefines itself in a post-COVID-19 world.

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